Projects

TransCanada Corp. has received a contract from Shell Canada Ltd. to build and operate a pipeline expected to cost USD 3.85 billion that will transport natural gas to a planned liquefied natural gas export facility near Kitimat, British Columbia .

MRC Global Inc. (MRC) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the majority of the operating assets of Cherokee, Oklahoma based Chaparral Supply, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of SandRidge Energy, Inc.

Schlumberger has launched its IsoMetrix* marine isometric seismic technology and the IsoMetrix family of marine seismic products.

   BP wholly owned subsidiary has signed an agreement to explore for oil and gas offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

    Energy services and water treatment company, Ridgeline Energy Services Inc.

Statoil and operator Repsol Sinopec in partnership with Petrobras have confirmed the significant potential of BM-C-33 pre-salt block in the Campos basin offshore Brazil. Including the Seat, Gávea and Pão de Açúcar discoveries, the estimated resources of the block amount to over 700 million barrels of light crude and 3 trillion cubic feet of gas.

   The Missouri Electric Alliance led by Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse Electric Company have announced the formation of utility participation group, NexStart SMR Alliance.

The United States Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has made a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for subsurface monitoring technological advancements that will facilitate the injection and storage of CO2.

   Independent power wholesaler Calpine, has been awarded permits from air quality regulators to build two geothermal power plants at the Geysers in Sonoma County, California.

   Statoil has come to an agreement with Seadrill to use the West Aquarius deepwater drilling rig for their exploration activities offshore the province of Newfoundland in Canada in 2012-2013.